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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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Revisiting justice in the first four Beatitudes in Matthew (5:3-6) and the story of the Canaanite woman (Mt 15:21-28): A postcolonial reading

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2005
Reading the Gospel of Matthew from the perspective of postcolonial theory means taking the context of the Gospel seriously. The political and religious circumstances of Palestine under Roman colonization influenced Matthean redaction.
Lazare S. Rukundwa, Andries G. Van Aarde
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Yesus Sebagai Guru Teladan dalam Masyarakat Berdasarkan Perspektif Injil Matius

open access: yesKhazanah Theologia, 2020
In this paper, the author studies Jesus as a model teacher in a society based on the perspective of the Gospel of Matthew. This study departs from the author's observation of the condition of the teachers at this time, where educators today no longer ...
Talizaro Tafonao
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Unity or Distinction? Herman Bavinck’s Use of John Calvin and Later Reformed Orthodoxy in His Doctrine of the Two States

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
wiley   +1 more source

The Gospel of Matthew, John the elder and the Papias tradition: A response to R H Gundry

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2007
As far as the origin of the Gospel of Matthew is concerned, most modern scholars tend to discount the testimony of Papias. The major exception in this regard is R H Gundry, who argues that the tradition transmitted by Papias was delivered to him by John ...
David C. Sim
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Gendered Activity and Jesus's Saying Not to Worry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The flowers’ activity in the saying of Jesus about anxiety indicates an interest in cloth production across the socio-economic spectrum. I demonstrate that wool-working is a central feature of the multiform tradition of this saying and that spinning in ...
Janelle Peters
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The Gospel of Matthew: Reconfigured Torah

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2005
This essay surveys the evangelist Matthew’s reading of Israel’s Scripture. Rather than focusing only on Matthew’s distinctive formula quotations, we must observe the subtler ways that Matthew evokes scriptural images and patterns.
Richard B. Hays
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Peter as character in the Gospel of Matthew: complexity and inversion

open access: yesHorizonte, 2014
This article focuses on the apostle Peter as a character in the Gospel of Matthew.  It aims at identifying the nuances and changes of the character Peter in the Gospel.
João Leonel
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Ensiklopedie van die Evangelie van Matteus: Transtekstuele eggo’s

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2016
Encyclopaedia of the Gospel of Matthew: Transtextual echoes. This article argues that the Gospel of Matthew should be interpreted as a commentary on Mark in light of Derrida’s notion ‘difference’, Barthes’ understanding of ‘fictional encyclopaedia’ en ...
Andries G. van Aarde
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